Information for record number MWA2059:
Market Cross 100m NW of Corner Farm

Summary The remains of a Medieval market cross, of which two steps and part of the shaft survive. The remains are situated 100m north west of Corner Farm, Lower Tysoe.
What Is It?  
Type: Cross, Market Cross
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Tysoe
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 34 45
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Base of a Market Cross, having been excavated.
2 It is now partly covered by turf and consists of only part of the shaft, 1.8m by 1.8m, set on two square steps.
3 Photographed in 1982.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Photograph
Title: Nine links
Author/originator: JC
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2022
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: JC
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2012
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: SMR Card
Author/originator: Miller G
Date: 1982
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: PRN 2059
   
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument SHAFT * Use only if function unknown, otherwise use specific type. back
monument MARKET CROSS * A cross found in a market place. back
monument SQUARE * An open space or area, usually square in plan, in a town or city, enclosed by residential and/or commercial buildings, frequently containing a garden or laid out with trees. back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back
monument STEPS * A series of flat-topped structures, usually made of stone or wood, used to facilitate a person's movement from one level to another. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back

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